The doctrines and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Contributors: Allen, Richard, 1760-1831; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Discipline; Government; Doctrines; History; African Americans; Religion; Church history; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Other titles: Church in the Southern Black community.
Description: Published in 1817, The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first of its kind published by the A.M.E. Church. It is a small but definitive guide to the beliefs, history and practices of the early Church. It begins with a history of the denomination and then presents the "Articles of Religion," which include Church doctrine, theology, sacraments, ceremonies, and church government. Following the "Doctrine" is an extended catechism. The rest of the document is concerned with practical matters of denominational organization, gives guidelines for conferences, specifies the qualifications and duties of preachers and officers, and advises about how teaching, public worship and church music should be practiced. Advice and warnings about difficult situations are offered. Sacramental services are laid out and the volume concludes with "Temporal Economy, " providing guidelines for preachers' salaries, fundraising, home missions, the Book Concern and dealing with slaveholders.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

Includes a preface (p. [3]-9) addressed To the members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America and signed Richard Allen, Daniel Coker and James Champion, which gives a brief history of the church in the United States.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The Church in the Southern Black community.

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Transcribed from: The doctrines and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 1st ed. Philadelphia : Richard Allen and Jacob Tapsico for the African Methodist connection in the United States, 1817 ([Philadelphia] : John H. Cunningham). 192 p.

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